Game Of Thrones Actor Just Revealed This Fan-Favourite Character Will Be Resurrected

March 3, 2016

Crystal

Game of Thrones is on lock-down leading up to its April 24 premiere. Earlier this week, it was reported HBO has decided to not give advance episodes of the series’s upcoming sixth season to press in an effort to avoid spoilers and potential screener leaks. However, if there’s one thing the mighty network can’t control, it’s actor Ian McShane.

The nature of McShane’s Game of Thrones character has been under wraps, except for that one time he basically confirmed a long-cherished book theory about the return of a fan favourite character. Yeah, McShane isn’t really great at this whole “keeping secrets” thing. Then, today, he added even more fuel to the fire, telling BBC Breakfast, “Game of Thrones, that’s one I can’t talk about.” He then proceeded to talk about it.

“I can give you one hint: My character is an ex-warrior who’s become a peacenik… I bring back a much-loved character everybody thinks is dead.” OK, so this information coincides with what McShane revealed late last year, which book readers have deduced to mean he’s playing Septon Meribald, a character from George R.R. Martin’s A Feast for Crows.

However, during a later visit to BBC Radio 5, McShane went all in, revealing the true nature of his character’s deeds.

“I have nursed a much-loved character back to life,” McShane explained. He then challenged his host to guess. When she pointed out that he could only be referring to the Hound or Jon Snow, he tried to pretend he wasn’t spilling: “It’s not the latter, it might be the former.”